Venture Funding

Connecticut Innovations (CI) recently announced that it has made investment commitments to seven startup ventures focused on innovations in bioscience, information technology, financial technology, and medical devices.

CTNext, Connecticut’s innovation ecosystem managed by Connecticut Innovations, today announced the launch of the Entrepreneur Innovation Awards (EIA), a competitive pitch process that provides awards up to $10,000 to entrepreneurs in Connecticut for growth-related activities.

Yesterday, Connecticut Innovations announced the official launch of its Entrepreneur Innovation Awards, the same day that they held a seminar and webinar introducing the program to the community. Here's what you need to know.

Our LaunchHaven Holiday Party earlier this month began with a guest presentation from Connecticut Innovations outlining their Entrepreneur Innovation Award program, to be launched in January. Here's what we know so far.

Upcoming Events

Join the CFA Society of Stamford for a Panel Discussion on Angel Investing Angel investing has become the go-to funding source for startup entrepreneurs. Angel investors can be wizened technology industry veterans, young finance industry professionals, or anyone in between. Angels invest as individuals, through an angel network, or online through angel syndicates like AngelList or Gust. They all share ...

Mark Beavan, founder of KangaTime, demos his digital memory-keeping software. With the KangaTime mobile app and website you no longer have to worry that your most valuable things will become difficult to find or lost. KangaTime was created to be a safe, user-friendly and rewarding environment for people to collect, organize, save and share important memories and events in their ...

Study Hall & Office Hours: Have questions or blockers? Need help debugging or with overall direction? Bring your laptops, your thinking hats and your obstacles. Join a group of your fellow coders to Get Things Done. One of us will be there every Tuesday to answer your questions. Stamford.io are a fun loving, pizza eating, group of programming beginners and experts ...

Social media is at the forefront of job search strategy today and if you aren’t optimizing Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter, you are missing the chance to use today’s most valuable tools. In this workshop, you’ll learn advanced LinkedIn strategies as well as other smart, savvy, and cutting edge tricks using Twitter and Facebook to distinguish yourself, and get ahead of ...

One of our local startups, Skillproof, Inc., is hosting a workshop to help job seekers search and apply for the right jobs. This workshop will also provide valuable feedback to Skillproof on their Job Hunting system. Background: Research shows that the average job posting on job boards, corporate websites and social media sites has 20 requirements that job seekers have ...